The Johari Window was invented by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham in the 1950s as a model for mapping personality awareness. By describing yourself from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of overlap and difference can be built up.
You can get your own Johari Window, or contribute to Huck's.
Known to Self |
Not Known to Self | |
Known to Others | Arenaclevercomplex intelligent self-conscious | Blind Spotableaccepting dignified friendly independent knowledgeable logical loving observant relaxed self-assertive sensible silly warm witty |
Not Known to Others | Façadeadaptablereflective | Unknownbold brave calm caring cheerful confident dependable energetic extroverted giving happy helpful idealistic ingenious introverted kind mature modest nervous organised patient powerful proud quiet religious responsive searching sentimental shy spontaneous sympathetic tense trustworthy wise |
(Hover over a word to see how many people chose it.) |
able (25%) accepting (25%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (0%) calm (0%) caring (0%) cheerful (0%) clever (25%) complex (25%) confident (0%) dependable (0%) dignified (25%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (25%) giving (0%) happy (0%) helpful (0%) idealistic (0%) independent (25%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (50%) introverted (0%) kind (0%) knowledgeable (25%) logical (25%) loving (25%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (50%) organised (0%) patient (0%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (0%) relaxed (25%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (25%) self-conscious (25%) sensible (25%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (25%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (0%) tense (0%) trustworthy (0%) warm (25%) wise (0%) witty (25%)
Alessia thinks: observant, clever, independent, sensible, intelligent.
McKenna thinks: relaxed, self-assertive, knowledgeable, logical, dignified.
yui thinks: friendly, observant, intelligent, witty, complex, self-conscious.
Honey thinks: able, accepting, loving, warm, silly.
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